This takes place over the seven years of Lily and James at Hogwarts. It's a short one shot about how they got together. Each section is pretty much a year or so after the previous section unless stated otherwise.

James
turned around to see a tall blond girl waving at him. James smiled,
and walked over to Veronica. Little did he know that Lily was
watching this happen.

A
year had passed and Lily knew that James Potter was never going to
ask her to dance again. Hell, he wasn't even going to ever talk
to her again. But here she was, getting a second chance as she
heard her name coupled with James's on the Defense Against the Dark
Arts project.

"Hi
Lily," James said, setting his stuff down to hers in the library.

"Hi,"
Lily mumbled. "Should we get started?"

"Oh
wow, you want to dive right into homework don't ya," James teased
with a laugh. "How have you been lately?"

Lily
shrugged. "Good. How are you? How's the Marauders and their
famous pranks?"

"Oh,
you assume that whenever a dungbomb goes off, it's us huh?" James
joked.

"I
don't assume…I know," Lily said with a smile.

"Well
now you think you're pretty smart huh?" James taunted.

"Smarter
than you," Lily spoke up.

"Oh
is that right?" James asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well
I guess on the subject of food, pranks, or Quidditch, you're more
of the expert," Lily said. "But that's only three things out of
a million."

James
laughed. "Oh, don't forget to add girls to that list."

"You
think you're more of an expert on girls then me, an actual
girl?" Lily asked.

"Oh
yeah," James said. "Let's take you for instance. You come
across as a girl who needs to be studying all the time and who is
very quiet and keeps to herself. But I know that with the
right amount of urging, you'll stop studying and actually have a
conversation…and you'll say more than three words."

Lily
suppressed a smile, not because he was completely right, but because
he took the time to figure this out.

Lily
was sitting outside, leaning against a tree. She loved the snow and
was glad that it wasn't too cold to sit out and watch the
snowflakes fall. She watched James flirt with a girl in the distance.

"GERANOMO!"
a voice called out, throwing a snowball in Lily's direction. But it
wasn't intended to hit Lily, in fact, it was intended to hit the
boy standing a few feet away.

"Hey
Si!" James called out, running over to the tree. "Who you talking
t—oh, hi Lily."

"Hi,"
Lily murmured.

"I
don't think you have a clue what you're talking about," Sirius
said to Lily. He then shook his head, rolled his eyes, and left to go
find Peter and Remus.

"Sorry
about him," James said with a shrug. "He acts like he doesn't
care about anyone but himself, but he's just lying."

"I
guess he's just like you," Lily mumbled.

"Huh?"

"Always
putting on an act. Always trying to be cool and appeal to people
around you," Lily said with a shrug. "But you're actually a
jerk on the inside." And with that, Lily got up and ran off.

James
didn't know what was different this time, but Lily finally said yes
to a date. He's been persisting for two years now, and she's been
turning him down. But for whatever reason, she finally said yes.

"Hi,"
Lily squeaked out, as she met him in the courtyard.

James
smiled. "Hello there. Ready to have the best time of your life?"

Lily
laughed, "But I thought I was hanging out with you."

James
snorted. "Ha, ha. Very funny."

Lily
shrugged. "I thought so."

"How
does a picnic by the lake sound?" James asked, holding out his hand
for Lily.

Lily
smiled and placed her hand in his. "Perfect."

"Get
away from me James Potter!" Lily shrieked. "Do not pour
that water bottle on me or you will be in serious trouble."